Valve-operating mechanism for washbasins.



, No. 699,704. Patented May l3, I902.

E. B. PARSONS.

VALVE OPERATING MECHANISM FOR WASHBASINS.

(Application filed New. 9, 1901.) (No Model.)

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VALVE-OPERATING MECHANISM FOR WASHBASINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 699,704, dated May 13,1902.

Application filed November 9, 1901. Serial No. 81,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR B. PARSONS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moorhead, in the county of Monona and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Valve-OperatingMechanism for W ashbasins; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in valve-operatingmechanism for washbasins, but more particularly to a valve for openingand closing the discharge-orifice thereof.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved valveadapted to be operated so as to permit of the discharge of the contents.of the basin through a suitable lever arranged adjacent thereto.

Further objects, as well as the novel details or construction, will bedescribed hereinafter, defined in the appended claims, and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view through a basin and its support, thevalve-operating mechanism being shown in side elevation; and Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of the valve and its operating mech anismdetached.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a stand or support provided with asuitable opening 2 and arranged beneath which is a bowl or basin 3 ofthe ordinary construction. This basin is provided with the usualoverflow 4, having a by-path 5, which communicates with the waste-pipethrough the neck 6. In the bottom of the basin is provided adischargeopening 7 which also enters into the neck 6 and is providedwith a valve-seat S,upon which is seated a valve 9, connected to avalve-stem 10, supported above the basin;

At a suitable point on the support 1 is a plate 11, at the forward endof which are two upwardly-projecting cars or lugs 12 and 13,

while the rear end of the plate 11 is provided with an upturned flange,forming a lip 14, referred to hereinafter. Pivotally secured to thisplate is the actuating-lever 15, which is connected to the valve-rodthrough the medium of an intermediate eye 16, formed therein, said leverbeing preferably constructed of a single piece of'wire bent to form theeye, which is passed around a pivot 17 journaled in the ears or lugs 13and 14, above referred to. After passing around the pivot the wire iscarried rearwardly and upwardly and bent into a coil 18 to form asuitable handle where by the same may be grasped to actuate thevalve-rod. When it is desired to retain the Valve in its closedposition, as shown in Fig. 1, the lever will rest upon the upturnedflange or lip of the plate 11, whereby it may be supported.tVhemhowever, itis desired to empty the. basin, the lever is thrownforward on its pivot, as shown in Fig. 1 in dotted lines, thus forcingthe valve from its seat and permitting the contents of the bowl or basinto pass out through the waste-pipe. Inasmuch as the plate 11 isremovable, the device may be readily applied to a bowl or basin of theusual construction without altering the form thereof in any particular.It would be an easy matter to apply the valve by merely unscrewing itfrom its stem and after inserting the stem through the opening 7affixing the Valve thereto.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a cheap, durable, andefficient means for ac-' complishing the purposes for which the de viceis intended and one which may be readily applied to any basin ofstandard construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination with a basinprovided with an outlet-orifice of a valve seated therein; a valve-stemprojecting from said-valve; aremovable plate provided with an upturnedlip at one end; a lever fulcrumed at the other end of the plate andadapted to rest on the lip; an eye formed intermediate the lever andadapted to engage the stem of the valve whereby the same may be actuatedto close or open the outlet-orifice.-

2. Astopper meohanismforbasins comprisand a valve on the other end ofsaid valveing a. plate having upwardly-projecting lugs stem. 10

'01- ears on one end; a, lever fulcrumed to said I In testimony whereofI affix my signature to engage the fulcrum; thence bent to form earsconsisting of a single piece of Wire bent I in presence of twowitnesses.

EDGAR B. PARSONS.

an eye intermediate the ends of said lever and Witnesses:

terminating in a handle; of a valve-stem con- H. D. SILsBY, nected tothe intermediate eye of the lever; D. E. LEVENS.

